As CNN's senior Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper spends most of his time covering the rapidly changing global pandemic and the state of American politics. He told CBC News Network's Power & Politics that writing his new novel has been an escape from the grind of the news business. 'From a place of love'Tapper was has been active on social media during the pandemic and criticized the Canadian government's handling of the vaccine rollout. In several Twitter posts, the CNN anchor targeted the Trudeau government's efforts in procuring the vaccine and its failure to boost domestic vaccine capabilities. Since then, Canada has surpassed the United States in administering first doses to the vaccines — something the CNN anchor said is good news.

Source: CBC News May 25, 2021 23:26 UTC